Jonathan Essex

because of the previous one that we'd already invested in sorry with respect i wasn't talking about the figure i was talking about the time the only temporary spaces in that long list are for christmas panto and for the summer there isn't a temporary full-size theater option considered in the long list and i don't think i need to do fact shaming in a council chamber because honesty is one of the seven principles of public life i'm just saying look at that time you did not consider a temporary

because of the previous one that we'd already invested in sorry with respect i wasn't talking about the figure i was talking about the time the only temporary spaces in that long list are for christmas panto and for the summer there isn't a temporary full-size theater option considered in the long list and i don't think i need to do fact shaming in a council chamber because honesty is one of the seven principles of public life i'm just saying look at that time you did not consider a temporary

That would mean having a temporary venue so that all the year-round programs of the Harlequin can be used on a temporary basis, not just when it comes back. A Christmas only and a summer only as two separate options in a list of a long list is not a full-size temporary venue. That's what it says.

That would mean having a temporary venue so that all the year-round programs of the Harlequin can be used on a temporary basis, not just when it comes back. A Christmas only and a summer only as two separate options in a list of a long list is not a full-size temporary venue. That's what it says.

All we know is that in January the 9th, there wasn't a temporary option considered in all the work that happened from July 1st through to January. The fact that it started to be considered in the last couple of weeks, and you recognise that's been considered as an option now, great. But what I'm saying is it hasn't been given the same amount of focus as the other options.

All we know is that in January the 9th, there wasn't a temporary option considered in all the work that happened from July 1st through to January. The fact that it started to be considered in the last couple of weeks, and you recognise that's been considered as an option now, great. But what I'm saying is it hasn't been given the same amount of focus as the other options.

And in the same way as you've said, you've repeated 10 million lots of times. You may have heard, since we've been allowed to start scrutinising this in January, although we requested it back in August, that phrase temporary theatre venue mentioned because actually it's quite important to people and that's why we've mentioned it here tonight.

And in the same way as you've said, you've repeated 10 million lots of times. You may have heard, since we've been allowed to start scrutinising this in January, although we requested it back in August, that phrase temporary theatre venue mentioned because actually it's quite important to people and that's why we've mentioned it here tonight.

That's what we mean a temporary theatre venue to replace what the Harlequin is now. I mean, it's not difficult, what I'm trying to suggest. Look, if you want to retain the theatre programme year round and build up to it, build back better was a phrase in COVID. You know, you build back up to what you've got before. You need it all year round.

That's what we mean a temporary theatre venue to replace what the Harlequin is now. I mean, it's not difficult, what I'm trying to suggest. Look, if you want to retain the theatre programme year round and build up to it, build back better was a phrase in COVID. You know, you build back up to what you've got before. You need it all year round.

I think it is right that it is deferred, so it's considered at the same time as the business case. But my concern is this. The motion was asking us to look to the long term, have vision and a strategy, not to commit reserves and money, to actually have a vision. Vision means going beyond what you think you can achieve and then working out ways of getting there, rather than starting by looking...

I think it is right that it is deferred, so it's considered at the same time as the business case. But my concern is this. The motion was asking us to look to the long term, have vision and a strategy, not to commit reserves and money, to actually have a vision. Vision means going beyond what you think you can achieve and then working out ways of getting there, rather than starting by looking...

in your pockets to see how much money you have and then deciding whether you want to walk forward at all. I think we need to have that long-term perspective and let it guide our decisions here today.

in your pockets to see how much money you have and then deciding whether you want to walk forward at all. I think we need to have that long-term perspective and let it guide our decisions here today.

That's why I think it's unfortunate that the proposal is to defer the motion and that we aren't able to consider the relevant parts of it, the parts that relate to the agenda today, such as the interim facilities, which appear to be only continuing for the next few months, while the business case in January is not looking to start things until the medium term next year.

That's why I think it's unfortunate that the proposal is to defer the motion and that we aren't able to consider the relevant parts of it, the parts that relate to the agenda today, such as the interim facilities, which appear to be only continuing for the next few months, while the business case in January is not looking to start things until the medium term next year.

We live in hope now that a business...

We live in hope now that a business...

plan or a business case comes back in january that lives up to our expectations but when it arrives it then needs a further strategy or a further action plan down the line and that leads to a further thing which needs a further thing and so on and he added that there was a danger of having a perfect solution at some time in the future rather than a less good solution that was happening now it feels that we're dancing around the difference between the perfect and the good

plan or a business case comes back in january that lives up to our expectations but when it arrives it then needs a further strategy or a further action plan down the line and that leads to a further thing which needs a further thing and so on and he added that there was a danger of having a perfect solution at some time in the future rather than a less good solution that was happening now it feels that we're dancing around the difference between the perfect and the good